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A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), or Aelius Theodorus (search)
s and his recovery), he relates that he was frequently encouraged by visions in his dreams to cultivate rhetoric to the exclusion of all other studies. During this period and afterwards, he resided at Smyrna, whither he had gone on account of its baths, but he made occasional excursions into the country, to Pergamus, Phocaea, and other towns. (Serm. Sacr. ii. p. 304, iv. p. 324, &c.) He had great influence with the emperor M. Aurelius, whose acquaintance he had formed in Ionia, and when in A. D. 178, Smyrna was to a great extent destroyed by an earthquake, Aristeides represented the deplorable condition of the city and its inhabitants in such vivid colours to the emperor that he was moved to tears, and generously assisted the Smyrnaeans in rebuilding their town. The Smyrnaeans shewed their gratitude to Aristeides by erecting to him a brazen statue in their agora, and by calling him the founder of their town. (Philostr. Vit. Solp. 2.9.2; Aristeid. Epist. ad M. Aurel. et Commod. i. p. 5
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Arsa'cidae (search)
IX.] Vaillant thinks that he was the king seized upon by Caracalla. On the other hand, the Armenian historians tell us that Wagharsh, in Greek Vologeses or Valarsases, the son of Dikran (Tigranes), reigned over Armenia, or part of Armenia, from A. D. 178 to 198, and that he perished in a battle against the Khazars, near Derbent, in 198. It is of course impossible that he should have been seized by Caracalla, who sueceeded his father Septimius Severus in 211. Nor do the Armenians mention any kins.--A. D. 120. Ardawazt or Artavasdes IV., son of Ardashes III., reigns only some months.-- A. D. 121. Diran or Tiranus I., his brother.--A. D. 142. Dikran or Tigranes VI., driven out by Lucius (Martius) Verus, who puts Soaemus on the throne. --A. D. 178. Wagharsh or Vologeses, the son of Tigranes VI.--A. D. 198. Chosroes or Khosrew I., surnamed Medz, or the Great, the (fabulous) conqueror (overrunner) of Asia Minor; murdered by the Arsacid Anag, who was the father of St. Gregory, the apostle o
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Vologeses I. (search)
Vologeses I. the son of Sanatruces, whom Dio Cassius (77.12) calls king of the Parthians. [ARSACES XXIX.] Vaillant thinks that he was the king seized upon by Caracalla. On the other hand, the Armenian historians tell us that Wagharsh, in Greek Vologeses or Valarsases, the son of Dikran (Tigranes), reigned over Armenia, or part of Armenia, from A. D. 178 to 198, and that he perished in a battle against the Khazars, near Derbent, in 198. It is of course impossible that he should have been seized by Caracalla, who sueceeded his father Septimius Severus in 211. Nor do the Armenians mention any king of that name who was a contemporary either of Septimius Severus or Caracalla. (Moses Choren. 2.65-68.)
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Diony'sius (search)
Diony'sius 22. Bishop of CORINTH in the latter half of the second century after Christ, distinguished himself among the prelates of his time by his piety, his eloquence, and the holiness of his life. He not only watched with the greatest care over his own diocese, but shewed a deep interest in the welfare of other communities and provinces, to which he addressed admonitory epistles. He died the death of a martyr, about A. D. 178. None of his numerous epistles is now extant, but a list of them is preserved in Eusebius (Euseb. Hist. Eccl. 4.23) and Hieronymus (de Script. 27), and a few fragments of them are extant in Eusebius (2.25, 4.23). In one of them Dionysius complains that during his lifetime some of his epistles had been interpolated by heretics for the purpose of supporting their own views. (Cave, Hist. Lit. i. p. 44.)
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Orfitus (search)
Orfitus 10. ORFITUS GAVIUS, consul A. D. 178, with Julianus Rufus. (Lamprid. Colsmmod. 12.) As the three persons last mentioned all lived in the reign of M. Aurelius (A. D. 161-180), it is impossible to say which of them was the Ortitus who was advanced to various honours in the state by this emperor, although he was the paramour of the empress (Capitol. M. Anton. Phil. 29).
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
Rufus, Julia'nus consul A. D. 178 with Gavius Orfitus. (Lamprid. Commod. 12.)
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Sauromates (search)
Sauromates 3. SAUROMATES III. was the successor of EUPATOR, and must have become king of Bosporus before the death of M. Aurelius. His earliest extant coin bears the head of that emperor, with the date of 474 (A. D. 178). Others have the heads of Commodus, Severus, and Caracalla, the latest date being A. D. 210. His reign must thus have comprised a period of more than thirty-two years. He was succeeded by RHESCUPORIS III. The annexed coin has the head of Commodus, with the date 475 (A. D. 180). * It must be observed that the years reckoned from the Bosporan era, began in the summer, so that the same date would correspond to two calendar years. As Commodus did not reign alone before the spring of A. D. 180, the above coin cannot have been struck previous to that date.